The meeting with the copy editors must have been exciting, once this ad went to press. Photo by Chevrolet Division, General Motors

Here's a tip to you ad-agency types: if your client -- at the time, one of the most powerful corporations in the world -- pays you to create a full-color centerfold advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post, make sure you spell "America" correctly. Whoops!

What would Betsy Ross drive? Photo by Chevrolet Division, General Motors

The Spirit of America cars got white paint and upholstery, blue-and-white stripes, and an assortment of luxury extras. Those blue seat belts and dash covers in the Impala looked pretty trick.